Repeal of the Carbon Import Tax Act (Awaiting Tie-Breaking Vote)

[Lief 🗽]

The point of this law is not protectionism for the sake of stifling competition or giving our industry a leg-up and it does not seek to be anti-free trade or anti-free markets; instead, it aims to make sure that our environmental laws, passed to protect our environment and the Earth's, actually do something. If a company wants to sell its good in Atlasia, it should have to abide by the same environmental regulations and taxes that our own companies abide by. Otherwise, we will quickly see 1) the destruction and bankruptcy of our own industry and 2) our environmental protection laws become wholly useless.

And that's why I am strongly opposed to this bill.

[Lief 🗽]

Well, if you want to introduce a bill doing that, that's fine, I guess. I'll oppose it strongly, of course. But this repeal would just needlessly hurt Atlasian companies so that the anti-carbon tax folks can make a point.

[Lief 🗽]

I move for cloture. This bill isn't needed if the carbon tax is repealed, and if the carbon tax is not repealed, this bill hurts Atlasian businesses and makes our laws useless.

[Lief 🗽]

Yesums.

[Lief 🗽]

Nay